COM 170 Communication Environments

Observing Strategic Interaction

(Erving Goffman)

Rules will change with

1.  The Environment

2.  The type of relationship (Stranger, Acquaintance, Friend, Intimate)

3.  The type of transaction

Encounters:

1.  civil inattention

2.  social encounter

3.  acquaintance encounter

3.  exposed positions

4.  opening positions

5.  mutual openness

6.  markers

7.  avoidance

8.  being a bystander